{"product_id":"althusser-the-infinite-farewell-emilio-de-zpola-9780822370246","title":"Althusser, the Infinite Farewell","description":"In \u003ci\u003eAlthusser, The Infinite Farewell\u003c\/i\u003e--originally published in Spanish and appearing here in English for the first time--Emilio de Ípola contends that Althusser's oeuvre is divided between two fundamentally different and at times contradictory projects. The first is the familiar Althusser, that of \u003ci\u003eFor Marx\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReading Capital\u003c\/i\u003e. Symptomatically reading these canonical texts alongside Althusser's lesser-known writings, de Ípola reveals a second, subterranean current of thought that flows throughout Althusser's classic formulations and which only gains explicit expression in his later works. This subterranean current leads Althusser to move toward an aleatory materialism, or a materialism of the encounter. By explicating this key aspect of Althusser's theoretical practice, de Ípola revitalizes classic debates concerning major theoretico-political topics, including the relationship between Marxism, structuralism, and psychoanalysis; the difference between ideology, philosophy, and science; and the role of contingency and subjectivity in political encounters and social transformation. In so doing, he underscores Althusser's continuing importance to political theory and Marxist and post-Marxist thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emilio de Ípola\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822370247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822370246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2018","brand":"Emilio de Ípola","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47202680209663,"sku":"9780822370246","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9500477e-7fc0-43f7-af29-738de086a69d.jpg?v=1756833088","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/althusser-the-infinite-farewell-emilio-de-zpola-9780822370246","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}